On AlterNet: coal industry

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Hamstringing Environmental Protection for Coal

Natasha Chart, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.

The coal industry's weeping and wailing about the Waxman-Markey bill hides the fact that they know it's the best deal they're going to get.

Coal Industry Juggernaut Supplies GOP Group With Propaganda

Victor Zapanta, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. June 19, 2009.

Leaders of a new GOP group, the "Rural American Solutions Group," are distributing a document attacking climate change, courtesy of Peabody Energy.

Watchdog Group Sues Obama White House Over Secrecy

Agence France Presse June 16, 2009.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington accuses the Obama administration of adopting the same lack of transparency of which Bush was often accused.

Why Is the American Coal Foundation Setting the Curriculum at Elementary Schools?

Kari Lydersen, In These Times. June 9, 2009.

Big Coal has worked its way into the classroom.

Coal Plants: The Next Round of Subprime Loans?

Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club AlterNet: PEEK. December 13, 2008.

Even as banks are struggling to stay afloat they are still investing in the losing business of coal plants.

Bad News for Big Coal

The Progress ReportFebruary 22, 2008.

Big Coal is against the ropes -- from Kansas to Wall Street.

Will Congress' New Enviro Legislation Sell Us Out to the Coal Industry?

Frank O'Donnell, TomPaine.com. July 20, 2007.

New legislation in Congress that claims to be environmental is set to sell us out to one of the most polluting industries.